Khot Shareholders Approve all Resolutions including Change of Name to "Blockchain Holdings Ltd." at its Annual General and Special Meeting

TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, April 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Khot Infrastructure Holdings, Ltd. (the "Company") (CSE:KOT) is delighted to announce at the Company's annual general and special meeting of shareholders held on April 9, 2018 (the "Meeting"), all agenda items and proposals put forward by the Board of Directors, as further described in the Company's information circular dated March 9, 2018, were approved, including the following:

• Proposed Change of Business from transportation infrastructure in Mongolia to developing proprietary indexes and ancillary data products for emerging blockchain and digital currency markets.
• Amendment to the Company's articles of incorporation to change the name of the Company to "Blockchain Holdings Ltd."
• Setting the number of directors of the Company until the next annual general meeting at five.
• Elected to the board of directors are: James Passin, Executive Chairman, Don Padgett, Jeremy Gardner, Wayne Lloyd and Gregory Kallinikos.   
• Re-appointment of Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton Labonte LLP ("DMCL LLP") as auditors of the Company for the ensuing financial year and the Director's right to fix the remuneration to be paid to DCML LLP.
• New rolling 10% Stock Option Plan.
• Sale of its Mongolian subsidiary, Ashid Munkhiin Zam LLC.
• Amendment to the articles of the Company to consolidate the outstanding common shares of the Company (the "Consolidation") on the basis of one (1) post-Consolidated common share for every ten (10) pre-Consolidated common shares.  Registered shareholders of the Company received a letter of transmittal containing instructions on how to obtain new share certificates of the Company by mail. The letter of transmittal is posted on SEDAR under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com and is subject to final acceptance from the Canadian Securities Exchange.

Kenneth Farrell resigned from the Company's Board of Directors effective March 15, 2018.  Erin Chutter and Orgilmaa Siizkhuu did not stand for re-election at the Meeting. The Company thanks Mr. Farrell, Ms. Chutter and Ms. Siizkhuu for their contribution during the time of their directorships and wishes them well in their future endeavours.

The Company is also pleased to announce that further to its press release of March 26, 2018, it has completed its non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") of subscription receipts (each, a "Receipt") for gross proceeds of $500,000 at a price of $0.10 per Receipt (assuming the completion of the Consolidation). The proceeds of the Private Placement will be held in escrow pending the completion of the transactions approved at the Meeting, whereupon, each Receipt will automatically convert into one common share of the Company, as constituted following completion of the Consolidation.

The Private Placement is subject to regulatory approval, and any securities to be issued pursuant to the Private Placement are subject to a four-month and one day hold period under applicable Canadian securities law.

The proceeds of the Private Placement will be used for the development of proprietary indexes and ancillary data products for emerging blockchain and digital currency markets, and for working capital and general corporate purposes.

The Company confirms that it has reached agreement with its lenders to repay CAD$628,304.68 in debt by the issuance of 6,283,047 common shares of the Company at a price of $0.10 per share (assuming the completion of the Consolidation).

On completion of the Consolidation, Private Placement and debt conversion, the outstanding share capital of the Company will be approximately 17,813,282 common shares (post Consolidated) on a non-diluted basis.

James Passin, Chairman, stated, "It is an honor to welcome legendary cryptocurrency pioneer, Jeremy Gardner, and accomplished technology entrepreneur and professional investment manager, Wayne Lloyd, to the Board of Directors. With the closing of the debt settlements and private placement, the Company is now positioned to launch its new cryptocurrency/blockchain proprietary indexing business. We are excited to announce additional new future business initiatives under the Company's strengthened board and executive team. Our strategic objective is to generate returns for our shareholders by carving out a role for the Company in the exponentially expanding cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem."

For further information, please contact:

Alan Tam, CFO
+1 604 377-7575
alantamca@gmail.com 

Malcolm Burke
+1 604 220 2000
mpb@primarycapital.net

This press release was prepared by management of the Company, which takes full responsibility for its contents.  The  Canadian Securities Exchange  or its regulators have, in no way passed upon the merits of the proposed transaction and has neither approved or disapproved the contents of this press release.

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